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MOREHEAD CITY — A lawsuit filed last week challenges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to allow hopper dredging year-round in the harbors at the state ports in Wilmington and Morehead City. For decades, maintenance dredging using a hopper dredge was only performed during the winter months, when endangered marine life was less abundant in… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2020 Recreational Boating Statistics Report today, revealing that there were 767 boating fatalities nationwide in 2020, a 25.1 percent increase from 2019. From 2019 to 2020, the total number of accidents increased 26.3 percent (4,168 to 5,265), and the number of non-fatal injured victims increased 24.7 percent (2,559 to… Read More
Less manual handling means more workplace safety for a vessel’s crew. On Van Oord’s vessel Vox Amalia this is being provided by the debris removal platform. The automated debris removal platform now safely removes debris that will fall onto the deck after recovering the draghead of a trailing suction hopper dredger. A bulldozer blade pushes… Read More
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Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. The report “is a code red for humanity”, says the UN chief. But… Read More
FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant program funds states, local communities, tribes, and territories to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This grant program strengthens national preparedness and resilience and supports the mitigation mission area through FEMA’s 2018-2022 strategic goal… Read More
WASHINGTON – President Biden today approved more than $3.46 billion to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change nationwide. This significant investment will be available for natural hazard mitigation measures across the 59 major disaster declarations issued due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. With the growing climate change crisis facing the nation, FEMA’s Hazard… Read More
Coastal megaprojects are seen by some as a key part of the mitigation of the impacts of the climate crisis on some of our most vulnerable cities and areas. But they are also far from perfect solutions and are increasingly being questioned as viable investments for an uncertain climate future. “Coastal megaprojects are, essentially, high-cost… Read More
As the climate crisis hastens, many experts believe Pittsburgh — at the center of the Rust Belt — will be a part of something new: the “waterbelt.” In Washington, D.C., this week, lawmakers are set to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure deal that includes billions to prepare for the effects of climate change, such as… Read More
Blocks that have been designed to combine erosion protection with the regeneration of marine ecosystems are being used in New Jersey, USA. Engineering company ECOncrete has teamed up with the Seaview at Shark River Island Homeowners Association, American Littoral Society and Neptune Township to install the infrastructure to stabilise the shoreline at Shark River Island…. Read More
House budget committees rolled out their spending and policy plans Thursday, including large increases in funding for conservation, flood prevention and stormwater infrastructure. But details in the plan, including an abundance of earmarks for local projects and a controversial provision to drop protections for hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands, have drawn questions —… Read More
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today issued the following statement following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the United States Senate: “This historic bill will grow jobs, expand economic opportunity, and enhance our national security—all without raising taxes. Its overwhelming and bipartisan passage in the Senate is a testament to the fact that this… Read More
GONZALES — Ascension Parish public works trucks have been delivering loads of dirt from a dredging project to property owned by a company held by the father of first-term Councilman Joel Robert, according to the councilman and land records. Residents and a parish contract suggest loads have been dropped off over the past three to… Read More
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – The Collier County Coastal Zone Management Division began a sand dune restoration project Tuesday that spans 3,000 feet from Doctors Pass to Lowdermilk Park. Workers will remove non-native plants and replace them with plants that are native to the area. This will help strengthen the sand dunes, according to Coastal Zone… Read More
Bimini Bay and Lake La Vista inlet in Anna Maria could be prime sites for a clam and seagrass restoration project if Ed Chiles gets his way. “These clams are more valuable for restoration than as a $16 appetizer in my restaurants,” Chiles told Anna Maria city commissioners. Chiles made his Anna Maria presentation July… Read More